Series 1 Episode 1 - Ollie's First Day
White Van Man – Ep 1/6
Tuesday 22 March : 10.30-11.00pm BBC THREE and BBCHD
White Van Man is a new comedy series starring Will Mellor as the proverbial man with a van, written by stand-up comedian Adrian Poynton.
Mellor plays good guy Ollie, reluctantly putting his dreams of running a restaurant on the back burner when his ailing father, Tony, turns to him to take over the family handyman business. Unfortunately for Ollie, the business comes complete with a dodgy van, some questionable tips and an even dodgier assistant.
Meanwhile, Ollie tries to scrape a living while doing the right thing and somehow always managing to fail at both.
First there's Darren, his incorrigible liability of an assistant who manages to upset either Ollie, their clients and usually both while doing his best to do as little as possible. In the midst of this is Ollie's old crush from catering school days, Emma, not only a successful restaurateur but back in town and looking to set up a new business. There's also Darren's sister, Liz, who works behind the counter at the local hardware shop. She's one of Ollie's only true admirers – although even he's not quite sure just how serious her admirations are.
Out of his depth, and out of pocket, Ollie's only option is to get on with learning the ropes. Kicking things off, he has to deal with light-fingered Ricky, as well as his nemesis, the local parking attendant, who's got it in for Ollie. Worst of all, Ollie has to deal with a heavily pregnant Joanne and her more than unhappy father, Terry.
All that's left for Ollie is to try and escape from it all in his trusty white van – that is if it hasn't already been clamped.
First Broadcast Details
- Date: Tue 22nd March 2011
- Time: 22:30
- Channel: BBC Three\BBC HD
- Length: 30 minutes
- Ratings: 0.76 million viewers (5.2% audience share)
Main Repeats
- Wed 23 Mar 2011 (02:15 BBC Three)
- Fri 25 Mar 2011 (21:00 BBC Three)
- Sat 26 Mar 2011 (01:40 BBC Three)
- Sun 27 Mar 2011 (23:30 BBC Three)
- Mon 28 Mar 2011 (03:25 BBC Three)
- Wed 20 Apr 2011 (21:00 BBC Three)
- Thu 21 Apr 2011 (01:15 BBC Three)
- Sun 24 Jul 2011 (21:00 BBC Three)
- Mon 25 Jul 2011 (02:55 BBC Three)
- Thu 28 Jul 2011 (01:00 BBC Three)
- Thu 28 Jul 2011 (04:00 BBC Three)
- Mon 19 Dec 2011 (03:00 BBC Three)
- Sun 5 Feb 2012 (01:40 BBC Three)
Episode 1.1 Cast and Crew
- Ollie ... Will Mellor
- Tony ... Clive Mantle
- Darren ... Joel Fry
- Emma ... Georgia Moffett
- Liz ... Naomi Bentley
- Ricky ... Blake Harrison
- Terry ... Ricky Grover
- Uncle Phil ... Ram John Holder
- Joanne ... Victoria Longley
- Traffic Warden ... Sam Fletcher
- Secretary ... Hayley Jayne Standing
- Mr Chung ... Ozzie Yue
- Mike ... Russell Ramsey
- Sandra ... Jane Hogarth
- Anita ... Monica Patel
- Director ... James Strong
- Producer ... Rohan Acharya
- Writer ... Adrian Poynton